FREE E BOOKS and RESOURCES
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page free ebooks
http://www.bartleby.com/more free text
http://www.manybooks.net/

POETRY RESOURCES
http://www.poetryarchive.org/poetryarchive/teachersHome.do
http://www.poets.org/
http://www.poemhunter.com/
http://oldpoetry.com/
http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display/index.cfm
digital instructional materials that take students beyond the textbook

LESSON PLANNING
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-6-8-teacher-resources/index.cfm?campaign=footer_teacher_68
digital instructional materials that take students beyond the textbook
http://www.thinkfinity.org/ comprehensive lesson development and resources
http://www.readwritethink.org/?orgn_idlesson plans and resources
http://www.coreknowledge.org/teachersK-8 Lesson plans from the CoreKnowledge foundation
http://www.teachersdomain.org/Free digital media and lessons aligned with NYS standards
http://www.curriki.org/K-12 open access curricula
http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:Main_Page project devoted to free learning sources
http://engageny.org/ from NYSED, a place to learn and to share resources.